Letter: A recycling of old stereotypes

Published: January 24, 2013 4:00 AM

Editor:

Concerning the Rev. Randall S. Lehman's letter appearing on Jan. 22:

First, I cannot imagine why a man in a position of responsibility, and presumably a role model for young people, would lift a joke that has been floating around the Internet for years and submit it under his own name for publication in The Daily Record. There is a word for this, and the word is plagiarism.

Second, it's not even a very good joke. It's just a recycling of a lot of tired old stereotypes about women and marriage. A wife is not a beloved partner but a (software) "package" that you "install" into your life. She then proceeds to take over and ruin all your fun. She won't like your mistress or your sexy secretary (duh!). This is the philosophy of the "Mad Men" of the '50s, simply transposed into the computer age.

What would possess the reverend to submit this to the paper? And what would possess the editors to print it?

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anonymous Jan 25, 2013 7:33 AM

Oh yes, and the world and everything is so much better today then it was back then...

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anonymous Jan 24, 2013 1:08 PM

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The article talks about recycling an old stereotype, and then bam comments while perpetuating another stereotype. Not all "techies" live in a world glued to a computer or other technology. As an older "techie," I understood full well that letter was about. A "techie" is not necessarily someone who sits doing social media all day long or even at all. In fact, I would bet that many, if not most, of the people using social media are not "techie" at all. Anyway, I agree that I also can't figure out why a man of the cloth would post such an article.

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anonymous Jan 24, 2013 4:30 AM

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But I'm sure most of the "techies" have no idea what he was talking about.They think it was a cute little story.With all the (anti) "social" media at work where nobody talks face to face I'm not surprised.

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